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FROM THE HEAD OF BOARDING

From the stories that we’ve heard, the boys certainly enjoyed their holidays; spending time with family, fishing, hunting and catching up with friends. Leaving all that behind is quite difficult for some and homesickness is a real issue for students, and not just for the Year 7s. At the same time, many boys are excited about seeing friends here at the College again. Homesickness is very normal and an experience that many adults go through – especially when people are away from family, it can strike at any time of life. One of our staff members was telling me a few days ago that she was homesick when she was in her 30s. The love of family and the connection to land is an incredibly strong emotion, and we are doing all we can to support the boys experiencing this. At the same time, I tell the boys that there is no magic solution, it is something they have to go through. Most of the boys get over it reasonably quickly once they engage in schooling and other IMPORTANT activities. DATES It is really wonderful to see the boys support one another through the experience. CAIRNS SHOW On the last week of the holidays, Mr Corboy and I had the pleasure of being at the Cairns show. St EVERY MONDAY Teresa’s managed to get a separate booth this year which allowed us to brand it in our own way. Youth Group @ The Dairy— The booth was freshly painted green and gold, our school colours. What was most enjoyable was 6:30-8:45pm the number of past students who called in to see us and chat about their days at St Teresa’s College. What struck me most was the way these men talked so positively about their experiences

when they were students here and their interest in various staff members they remembered with FEDERAL CENSUS affection. We hope to develop our booth even further next year with displays of the boys work. Friday 31st July BOARDERS LONG WEEKEND FORMS During the holidays, we sent home forms for Boarders Long

Weekend. We would appreciate it if parents and carers could send these forms back to us as soon ATHLETICS CARNIVAL as possible. If your boy/s is not going on leave for that weekend, please let us know as it helps Friday 31st July with our planning.

GOWRIE NAIDOC DAY At the end of last semester we farewelled Mr Zach Cantwell, Mr Kieren Sellars and Mr Simon Friday 7th August McDonald and thank for the outstanding work they have each done during their time at St.

Teresa’s College. We wish them the very best for the future. HERBERT RIVER We welcome two new Residential Supervisors: Mr Peter Corboy and Mr Zenard Deyana. We are ATHLETICS CARNIVAL fortunate in that both these men have had experience in the world of education. Mr. Peter Corboy Friday 14th August is assisting in Rice Residence and Mr Deyana will assist in Ryan Residence. We know that both these men will bring their giftedness for the benefit of the boys and hope that they will enjoy their BOARDERS LONG W/ time here. END The new term has well and truly started and most of the boys are now here. We hope and pray that Fri 21st Aug—Mon 24th Aug it will be another good term. God bless you all.

DALRYMPLE GAP WALK FR PIUS, SM Fri 4th September

AtAt ttheh beginning of Term 3 three of our Residential Staff membersmem were appointed to the position of Residence CCoordinator.oor Mr Chris Schmidt has been aappointedppo Residence Coordinator of Ryan DDormorm (Year 7/8). Mr Neil Sabatino has been appointedappo Residence Coordinator of Doran DormDorm (Yr 9). Mr Damon Kaurila has been Mr Chris Schmidt appointedappo Residence Coordinator of Doyle Dorm.Dorm We thank Chris, Neil and Damon for ttakingakinng on these roles. Mr Neil Sabatino

TThishis term we are happy to welcome two new ResidentialResidential StaffStaff mmembers:em Mr Peter Corboy and Mr Zenard Deyana. Mr Corboy wwillill bbe assisting the Residence Coordinator for Rice Dorm (Year 110)0) MMr Ben Turagabeci. Peter has come to us withith a wealth of experiences,expe including publishing a Maths bookk Mr Damon Kaurila andand thet development of a Maths programme forr schools.scho One of Peter’s key gifts is story telling aandnd hehe hashas alreadyalready regaledre staff and boys with some great storiesstories.

MrMr DDeyana is an Old Boy of the College and workedwork at St Teresa’s College as a Residential Mr Peter Corboy SupervisorSupe some years ago. Zenard has recentlyly beenbeen working in a school at Hervey Bay. Zenardd willwill bbe assisting Residence Coordinator of RyannD Dormorm (Years(Years 77/8)/8) MMr Chris Schmidt.

WWee warmlyw welcome Peter and Zenard to the boarding Mr Zenard Deyana ccommunityomm and hope that they thoroughly enjoy their work with tthehe boysb here.

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A selected group of year 7 students were given the opportunity to participate in Mosaic Tiling at the Mercer Lane Mosaic Tiling in Ingham at the end of last term. TThe Mercer Lane Mosaic TTilingilin is a government funded pprojectroje that has brought the ccommunityomm of Ingham together By Gailene Kaurila toto ttileil the story boards of Ingham’sIngh history. KKateate Carr took the bboysoys through the hhistoryisto of the districtct bbyy sshowingh them thee alreadyalreadyyp completedcompleted andand mountedmounted panelsp an and rrecountedecou the stories ttheyhey symbolised.

ItIt wwasa a very touching presentationprese and the bboysoys were not only eenlightened,nlig but iinspirednspi to work on theirtheir oownwn ppanelanel ttoo addadd ttoo tthehe sstory.tor The boys workedkd on a serpent t panel l and d were quick to learn their new craft. I am looking forward to taking morere of our students along to the MerMercer Lane Mosaic Tilingiliingng beforebefore thethe governmentgovernment fundedfund project finishes upp forfor ttheh year. I encourage youyou tot check out the facebookfaceb page where someme ofof ttheh pictures of our boysys werewere posted - https:// www.facebook.com/www

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ThisT year the College entered the InghamI Show School Display wherere thet theme was “Commemorating thet Anzacs.” I invited all of the schools staff to put the students By Gailene Kaurila schools work forward for display andd acknowledgment. Along with my trustytrust band of helperss wwhichhich iincludedncluded MickMick Ryan,Ryan, JayJay JordanJorda and Damon Kaurila wewe putput ttogether a display that wonon usus ttheh first place in the “Secondary“Sec Schools” Section andand second place in the ‘Mostt EffectiveEffec School Display” section.sectit It was a great opportunityoppo for the studentss artworkartwo and woodwork to bee exhibited,exhib and made for a visuallyvisua stunning effect. I lookok forwardforward toto nextnext yearyear buildingbuild on our success by including a whole lot more ofof ttheh boys school work so that we can display the fruitsfruit of our labours inin tththishih school.

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Gowrie Old Boy Jamie Ludwick from Yarrabah in the middle

Gerald Mudd 2008—2011 Gowrie Old Boy and 2010 College Captain Gibson Pearson with Fr Pius.Pius. Gibson is currentlycurrently based

Gibson Pearson

Old boy Andrew Langtree 1982—84

Lawrence Marmara 1978—1980 2003 Naselo Tamwoy

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“One brother bleed all brothers bleed”

DuringDuDuriinng the first week of the school holidays a team of well trained boys travelledttrraavveellle down to Brisbane on a plane a size of which many of them had notnot seensseee before. This impressive team had trained well and towards the endeennd hadhhaad to be dragged off the field so strong was their enthusiasm. BBrBravingraavvinng cold weather down in Brisbane the boys played outstandingly wwewell,ell, wwhwhich did not surprise any of those who had been involved in their ttrtrainingraainniinng had seen with their own eyes the talent of these young men.

OOuOutut ooff 550 teams our boys playedplayey d the favourite teams first up:upp: IgnatiusIggnatius PPark.arrkk. TThThe boys went ddodownowwnn bby one try. Gameme 2 cacameme aalonglongg andand afterafter a goodgood talktalk withwith thethe boys,boysy , whwhoo werewweere justjuust awed at the sizeizee of the carnival, carnival having never never seen such a big event. event

After much hard work, some outstanding play and a solid team spirit the boys made it to the Quarter Finals. The boys did not reach their goal of top four however made the top six which was an outstanding effort.

Throughout the carnival the boys came ttogetherogether like brotbrothers, holding fast to ththeireie r momotto: 'one brother blbbleedsleeeedds all brothers bleed.'

TTyTyroneyrroone Gibson, the smallestt playerplayyer outout ofof allall 50 tteamseams wwasas tthehe ttoughestoughg est of themthem aalallll aandnd well deserved the Coachesoaches Play Plaer of the Carnival Carni al Award. A ard Joseph WWiWignessiggnnees was an outstanding leader of the team....and the list could go on. All tththehe boysbbooy are to be praised for their passion, commitment and desire to play as a tteteam.eaamm.

OOtOtherthheer hhighlights of the trip were a visit to Mt Cootha, staying at Marist College, AAsAshgrove,shhggrro and the surprise of watching the Brisbane Broncos defeat Newcastle KKnKnightsniigghhts at Suncorp Stadium.

MMrMrss SSuSuee BBoBottotto wawass a grggreateat susupportpport tto tthehhe tteameam anandd thanksthhaank must go to her, Mr John Botto, and Mr Rob Corboy for all they did in supporsupportingting and andd backingbacking up thethe team.tteam.

Having said all that, it goes without saying that the coach, Mr Ben Dewan, hhadad a hugehuge impactimpact onon thethe boysboys andand theirtheir talentedtalented plplaay.y. His skill, positive spirit, encouragement, and capacity to see the talent andd draw out that talent from each playerpy highlights g g his own ability as a coach.h. TheThT e boysboy loved his presence,prp esesene c cheerfulness andnd theththe waywway he worked as a partart ofof thethhee wholew to bring the sensesseennsse ofo pride the boys off St.SStt. TTeTeresa'sere have.

CongratulationsCCoonnggrra to all and wellwweelll ddone.o

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Gibson Pearson

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OnOn SaturdayS 1st August our Torres Strait Dance TroupeTrou and Aboriginal Dance Troupe shared with the peoplepeop of Ingham their various cultural dances at the ItalianItalia Festival. The boysyppg have been preparing for somesom time under thee guidanceguid of Aunty Te-e- resa,resa Mr Neil Sabati- no,no, MMr Thaiday, and othersothe helping the TorresTorr Strait Troupe,, and MMrr Jay Jordanan and Mr Michael Ryan working with the Aboriginal Dancers. It was an impres- sive sight and it was obvious that the people of Ingham really enjoyed the presence of the boys. Here are some of thethe photos.p

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Jaydon Coles placed 25th for Nth QLD at the Queensland Cross Country Trials on the Gold Coast

Matthew Pearson Jnr and his Travis Gulliver—the latest hold- learners Drivers and Boat Li- er of a Provisional License cense

Jaydon Coles @ the High Court in Canberrra

Jeremiah Bowen has been se- lected in the Townsville Stingers Academy

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Gowrie Old Boy Dane Sellars drops off little brother and Yr 11 student Chance Sellars for Term 3. Dane is pictured here with his old class mate and Doran Residence Coordinator Neil Sabatino Avid fishermen—Chance Sellars, Brandyn Castors and Jeremiah Bowen

College Vice Captain Jaydon Coles and CCollegeollege CaptainCaptain Travis Gulliver helping Fr Pius load thee FrFr PPiusiu and Doyle Dorm super- visor Moa Newman

OldOld boysb Christo Walsh 33 seaterse pact with Cowboys1991 & Eels supporters

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Buses ready to depart for the first activity of Term 3 Excited Cowboysy fans

2015 Mulkadee participants IYLP Students from St Teresa’s and Gilroy Santa Maria in Brisbane

Mr Ben Dewan teaching some boxing Pool enthusiasts techniques to Richard Kaitap

Stewart McInnerney, Cameron Oakley and Pemulwuy Yanner—IYLP Scholarship recipi- Maia Au, Sam Bon-Wosomo, Charlie Uku, Jimmy Mestan—Townsville Debate winners ents

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Yr 11 boarder Mark Rosendale maintains his fitness well after the Confraternity Carnival Excitedd CowboysC fans

Broncos’ Sam Thaiday pic- tured with Aaron and Rebes Thaiday

SamSSaam TThaiday addresses the IYLP Scholar- shipship recipientsr of St Teresa’s & Gilroy at BroncosBBrronc Leagues club in Red Hill, Bris- IYLP Students from St Teresa’s andd GGilroyiillrooy Santa Maria in Brisbane

Gowrie Aboriginal Dance Troupe

Yr 9 boarders—(L-R) Pemulwuy Yanner, Daniel Eka, Rebes Thaiday & Gabriel Thaiday sharing a laugh with elders of Canossa Home

Yr 9 boarders Bevan Pilot and Brian Baira ddisplayingispl Acts of Kindness at Canossa Aged Care Facility

Brian Baira and employees of Canos-s- MrMr DJDJ hhimself, Allan Woso- sa Aged Care Facility mmoo atat the Museum during Yr 8 boarder Kelee Roberts-Malone challenging IIYLPYLLPP SScholarshipc excursion Mr Terry MaCerlean to an arm wrestle in Brisbane

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